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Noteblog entries completed across the semester will include discussion of assigned readings, special topics, response to children's literature, and language arts activities. These will be assigned to help us prepare for class and/r to write about our ideas during or after class. For each of these entries, we should try to discuss ideas from multiple sources--class discussions, course readings, personal experiences, classroom-based experiences, and reading of children's literature. We are encourage (but not required) to experiment with a variety of modes of expression--narrative, poetry, essay, journalistic, stories, charts, diagrams, representations, and so on.

This noteblog is where we will post required entries and respond to the ideas we are seeing expressed in others' entries. Noteblog postings are due prior to the start of class. Responses to postings are due prior to the next week's class.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Lesson plans and other things

Hey ladies! So again I'm just writing about things in class...Today I tried to talk to my CT about lesson plans and she completely ignored me (I know this because she TOLD me she had ignored me later in the day!) I am really frustrated about my field placement right now, and I feel like I'm not learning anything anymore. Last semester my CT was very flexible and nice about things but I feel that now that I am getting on her nerves because of all the things that I need to do for my TE classes. I think that the teachers should get a survey and be asked if they think they can handle having a senior there the whole year, because I think she liked it last semester, now I'm just there to do things for HER and not work with the kids. I really hope this doesn't happen next year in my internship!
So besides that, sorry I was just venting a little, I'm thinking about doing my lesson plan on Eric Carle and a couple of his books, but I'm not sure which ones. If you have any suggestions for me let me know! I wanted to do a full class mural or something off of one of the books so that they can hang it up in the hallway, because they would really like to do that! Also I haven't read many of his books besides The Hungry Caterpillar, so I don't know which ones are really good! I guess that's it for now, I am not sure how to do my new literacies project yet but I'll figure that out later, but I'm off to do the large amount of homework that is due tomorrow!
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Kathryn said...

Hey Kailey,
First of all, how rude is your CT?! How old are the kids in your class again? Young 5's? I don't know why she'd think that having you is such a big deal... I feel like we're more of a help than a hassle!
Secondly, I think doing a whole class mural sounds like a really fun idea for the students. Depending on their age, I might only read one Eric Carle book to them if I was you because their attention spans might now allow for more books to be read! I think that if you're doing a mural, The Hungry Caterpillar would be a great one to use because of the colors in the butterfly.

March 2, 2008 at 6:45 AM

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